Just got back from a weekend trip to Stellenbosch, aka wine country. It was absolutely beautiful and a ton of fun, a great change from the city atmosphere of Cape Town. A picture is worth a thousand words, so I'll let them do the talking for me:
The high-class hostel we stayed in Friday and Saturday night
We managed to squash 11 people in our one room. Success.
Stellenbosch! It had such a great small-town feel (no clutching-of-personal-at-all-times feel).
Stellenbosch Wine Festival on Saturday (it felt like a steeplechase-race-slash-garden-party more than anything - a lot of really pretty, well-dressed white people, sipping wine and watching rugby). There were a lot of Afrikaners there - it was the first time I felt a language barrier at all.
My acquisition of the weekend! A signed Frans Groenewald print, 28/250. So cute!
Our cab on Sunday morning (very early) to the biking-vineyard tour. It's Millie and Linus! (plus some rando...)
Bikers! We visited three vineyards, with about an hour bike ride between each.
One of the vineyards had a cheetah rescue, too! Sleepy kitty.
Vineyard views
More vineyard biking
Pensive boys.
The vineyard restaurant where we ate lunch. There were so many beautiful buildings out in the country...
... But you were still reminded that's not the reality for most people
And of course, the compulsory family photo! (Ian insisted on lying down for this).
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